Affinity 7 V 3 Meredith Road

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Meredith Road Humbled &ndash; &lsquo;At Last&rsquo;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">However poor Meredith Road&rsquo;s start to the season has been, Affinity suspected that they would need to be at their best to overcome their old foes.&nbsp; Meredith started with the traditional 4-3-3 that has caused us so many problems in the past; but today was destined to be Affinity&rsquo;s day.&nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">The first half was a typically tight affair.&nbsp; Lots of passion from both sides, a limited number of chances and few strange decisions from the referee.&nbsp; For once Affinity were first to score with Lee finishing off a team move.&nbsp; Meredith came into the game more at this stage and equalised with a hopeful shot come cross from 30 yards.&nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">The half time team talk was more upbeat than in previous Meredith games with expectation of scoring more goals definitely the focus for the second 45 minutes.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">The second half turned into a different affair.&nbsp; Simply put Affinity won all of the personal battles on the pitch and with the midfield imposing themselves and providing a constant supply line to Mike C and Lee this match was going to end in only one result, the only question would be the size of the win.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Fine personal goals and team moves resulted in six further goals for Affinity by Cordens; Lee scoring a further three, Mike C opening his season&rsquo;s tally with a brace and a fine goal by Ian.&nbsp; Meredith&rsquo;s shape fell apart as Affinity dominated possession and made the game look simple.&nbsp; Uncle Seamus leaving the fray didn&rsquo;t help Meredith&rsquo;s cause.&nbsp; Defensively Affinity were sound again with only Matt King looking dangerous.&nbsp; Affinity will be disappointed with conceding his two second half goals but they would not put anything more than a blemish on the team performance.&nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Difficult to pick a man of the match out of the pack.&nbsp; James probably had his best all round performance in the 15 shirt.&nbsp; Offensively his passing was accurate all day and defensively gave the Meredith left side very little opportunity to go forward.&nbsp; Ian continues to go from strength to strength and Mike and Lee were clinical in front of goal giving the Meredith defence a torrid time.&nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">The final whistle brought scenes of joy from the Affinity boys and a Phil Brown style dressing down for the Meredith lads.&nbsp; This was a sweet victory, not just for the team performance on the day but also reward for previous performances against Meredith that yielded nothing.&nbsp;

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